A1 · 25 words
Weather and seasons in Polish
Sun, rain and snow, warm and cold, and the four seasons.
Practise this list
From these 25 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
More about this list
Polish describes the weather without “it”: Jest ciepło. “It’s warm.”, Pada. “It’s raining.” The person who feels cold or warm goes into the dative: jest mi zimno “I’m cold”, literally “it is cold to me” — saying jestem zimny would mean your body is cold to the touch. For “in summer” and “in winter” you use the instrumental, with no preposition: latem, zimą, wiosną, jesienią. And degrees are counted like everything else: dwa stopnie, but pięć stopni.
The words
Verb (3)
padaćto fall (rain, snow)VerbA1
imperfective, no partner. For rain and snow: pada.
świecićto shineVerbA1
imperfective, no partner. For the sun and for a lamp: świeci.
wiaćto blowVerbA1
imperfective, no partner. The stem changes: wieje “it is blowing”.
Adverb (5)
ciepłowarmAdverbA1
The way to say how it is: jest ciepło. The adjective is ciepły.
zimnocoldAdverbA1
The person who is cold is in the dative: jest mi zimno.
gorącohotAdverbA1
słoneczniesunnyAdverbA1
pochmurnocloudyAdverbA1
Phrase (1)
pora rokuseasonPhraseA1
Literally “time of the year”; only pora changes.
Noun (f) (8)
pogodaweatherNoun (f)A1
chmuracloudNoun (f)A1
burza(thunder)stormNoun (f)A1
A thunderstorm, not just strong wind.
mgłafog, mistNoun (f)A1
wiosnaspringNoun (f)A1
“In spring”: wiosną.
jesieńautumnNoun (f)A1
Feminine, although it ends in a consonant. “In autumn”: jesienią.
zimawinterNoun (f)A1
“In winter”: zimą.
temperaturatemperatureNoun (f)A1
Noun (n) (2)
słońcesunNoun (n)A1
Neuter.
latosummerNoun (n)A1
Neuter. “In summer”: latem or w lecie.
Noun (m) (6)
deszczrainNoun (m)A1
masculine, inanimate. “It’s raining”: pada deszcz or just pada.
śniegsnowNoun (m)A1
masculine, inanimate. “It’s snowing”: pada śnieg.
wiatrwindNoun (m)A1
masculine, inanimate. Locative na wietrze.
stopieńdegreeNoun (m)A1
masculine, inanimate. The e drops: stopnia, stopni. Also a mark at school.
parasolumbrellaNoun (m)A1
masculine, inanimate. Not a parasol in particular — any umbrella.
mrózfrostNoun (m)A1
masculine, inanimate. ó becomes o: mrozu.
This list belongs to Nature, weather and animals — five lists and 177 words that can also be practised as a whole.